In it, John Warwicker recounts his concerns about being a worthy judge for TDC and contrasts East vs West approaches to art education. He highlights how the West's education system lacks value in individual fulfillment and how that affects the confidence and genuine experimentation an artist needs when they attack a blank page or screen. Warwicker laments how the West’s education methods limit artists’ creative ability by putting them in predictable and dull boxes because they are always looking for external validation in the form of corporate or societal “solutions.” It should be the opposite where there are no restraints, just ideas free and alive with possibilities. But to do so, he says, "we have to grant ourselves the freedom to do this." I wholeheartedly agree! He discovered this when the TDC chairman and founder, Katsumi Asaba, showed him the Japanese way. Warwicker recognized how Asaba embraced his maverick side instead of looking for that external validation. All of Warwick's doubt quickly diminished when he followed the path of just being and accepting who he is. All artists need to be the maverick that inspires individuals with their enthusiasm and curiosity.